Best of Fest Encore Screening
Minnesota filmmaker and festival favorite Dawn Mikkelson (Risking Light, 2018 MSPIFF) returns with this rousing documentary following six fierce members of Minnesota Roller Derby as they fight to win the Hydra, the prize for the best women's flat track roller derby team in the entire world.
Mikkelson embedded herself with the Minnesota Roller Derby, the powerful group of local women who have been entertaining roller derby fans for years. In Minnesota Mean, we see the trials and tribulations of their day-to-day lives in the heat of competition–the injuries, the strategies, and heartbreak and the triumphs. By the end, whether you’re a fan or not, you’ll be cheering the Minnesota Roller Derby. Featuring music by Dessa.
Director Biography
Dawn Mikkelson is a local Emmy Award winning filmmaker and McKnight Filmmaking Fellow, who is the director of the documentaries This Obedience (2003), Green Green Water (2007), In a Time of Trial (2013), Risking Light (2018) which appeared in that year’s MSPIFF, Finding Her Beat (2022) and Minnesota Mean (2023).